The business RETURNS.
Tuesday 4/30 @ 5pm PT
THE FIRST THIRDLY REPORT OF 2024
(I'll post the livestream link ~30 mins before)
We're having one of my favorite types of special bonus streams: the Thirdly Report. Here, I shall present to my shareholders (you) a slide deck full of updates on the business (me). And most importantly, afterward, there shall be a team-building dinner (I grill something and we hang out and chat and maybe play some Jackbox). It's alw...
2024-04-25 20:26:47 +0000 UTC
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it's froghorn.exe's Song and Stems!!! and a Trumpet Score????
That's right, I did a quick export of the trumpet solo into a PDF, just in case any of you play the trumpet and want to attempt this literally impossible trumpet solo (because it turns into a three part harmony). I know that...
2024-04-16 00:22:23 +0000 UTC
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Sometimes, you need to spend 16 minutes talking about a video that is less than a minute long. Here's how I made "froghorn.exe!"
A little sidebar: I'm trying out Patreon's built-in video player for all of my exclusive videos instead of using Vimeo and ...
2024-04-16 00:18:05 +0000 UTC
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The first video of this weird album project is complete! And of course it might be the weirdest one!
Here's "froghorn.exe," a video that I made because I can't stop clicking on videos that are less than a minute long of weird little guys made in Blender. I talk more about this in my "making of" video, but here's my addition to "videos that are less than a minute long of weird little guys made in Blender" canon. I hope you all enjoy it.
Now I gotta go make the (slightly) more serio...
2024-04-16 00:16:29 +0000 UTC
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I have already ignored my rule of only recording for 10 minutes/editing for 50 minutes because I am simply TOO EXCITED ABOUT SUMO. I LOVE SUMO. SUMO IS PROBABLY 80% OF WHAT I THINK ABOUT ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. It's been so great to completely lose myself in a sport that I didn't know a single thing about at the beginning of this year.
Thanks for all your questions this time around! I realize they're mostly about Dropout (I promise I won't only talk about that in the future, since it req...
2024-04-11 22:37:45 +0000 UTC
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Let's hop right into it, shall we?
WHAT'S NEW ON THE PATREON?
Hey hey, sorry for taking a little longer on this post! I had to figure out how best to export stems from Ableton, since this is the first real-ish song I've produced in that program. Nice!
Here's the full scam song and all of the stems, too! Feel free to remix it however you want. That's a funny thing to say about a song that is meant to make sure no one pretends to be me, but there's a difference between reuploading full clips of mine and making something fresh and new by remixing the...
2024-03-14 22:36:29 +0000 UTC
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Hey y'all! Remember how I said I wasn't going to post a video on YouTube until July? A new terrible development changed that!
You might have seen me talking about this/making this song on my Watch This While You Do Your Art stream a couple weeks ago, but I've had a couple different people message and say that someone claiming to be me has sent them a DM on Discord, and checking if it's actually me.
2024-03-14 18:03:02 +0000 UTC
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IT'S MARCH! AND PROBLEMISTA COMES OUT (in Los Angeles and NYC) TODAY (and I think nationwide on March 22)! WHICH IS WHY I AM UPLOADING THIS VIDEO RIGHT NOW!
Problemista is an A24 film, so it will (hopefully) become well loved. But since it just came out, I think it counts as underappreciated for the next few hours, so I'm brecommending it. Everyone should watch it.
Links in the video:
- Problemis...
2024-03-01 17:00:15 +0000 UTC
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HEADS UP! This is a big post that talks about a new BIG VIDEO ALBUM PROJECT I'm working on! It means I won't be posting a video (on YouTube) until July, with the hope that I can post a new video every other week until the end of the year. If you're wondering, "Hey, why isn't Brian posting anything on the YouTube channel?" this post should give you all the details!
Happy Leap Day, everyone! Even with the extra day, this dang month goes by so fast.
WHAT'S NEW ON THE PATREON?
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2024-02-29 14:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Hey Novelty Instrumentalists! It's been a minute since I've uploaded new music for you, but I've got TWO songs that were made during a new stream I've been testing (WTWYDYA: Watch This While You Do Your Art). The first is a cover of Cher's iconic "Believe," and the second is an 18 minute ambient piece that I created with the intention of sounding like the music they play at a fancy spa.
These are the first t...
2024-02-20 04:10:05 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to February's episode of Brian Brecommends, where I am brecommending the indie "motor-vania" LAIKA: AGED THROUGH BLOOD!
Here are some links to the things referenced in this video, in case you want to check them out:
Hello and welcome to the first progress report of the new year! Things have been progressing! Let's report on it!
WHAT'S NEW ON PATREON?
Quite a lot this month! I finally did the Patreon refresh I've been talking about for years, and though things are still shifting around, I think we're settling into the new Patreon pretty well! Here are the new posts:
The Patreon Refresh keeps on going!
TL;DR: SONGFEST 2024, THE LIVESTREAM WHERE I MAKE THE BASIS OF 5 SONGS IN 5 HOURS, WILL GO LIVE ON TUES, JAN. 23 FROM 1-6PM PT
First, thanks so much for the feedback on the Patreon Refresh post! There were some great new perk ideas, so I'm doing ...
2024-01-21 20:23:28 +0000 UTC
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It's time for the thing I've been talking about since... oh my god, 2022? I've been putting this off for 2 years?
Well, the long overdue PATREON REFRESH is finally here!
WHAT'S NEW?
Here's a list of the things I've changed:
Happy New Year's Eve, everyone! We've made it through another full year, which means another probably-too-long-but-it's-the-end-of-year-so-I'm-allowed-to-wax-poetic PROGRESS REPORT.
WHAT'S NEW ON PATREON?
And the brief Patreon pause from last month is over! We're back to regularly scheduled billing/Patreon perks in 2024.
W...
2023-12-31 13:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Once again, I find myself with a blooper reel that is more than half the length of the main video. And thanks to the amazing editing of Jeremy (Nativebirds), it's just as powerful as the main video. Might be even more powerful. I leave that to your judgment.
TL;DR - I’m pausing Patreon payments for a month! Full explanation below, but I’m posting this up top in case you’re confused as to why you aren’t charged this month. Billing will resume on Dec. 27, 2023!
Look at me posting my Progress Report a few days before the end of the month. I’m so on top of things.
WHAT’S NEW ON PATREON?
- CARD GAMES! | Nov. Goof...
2023-11-27 22:45:09 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to a very SPOOKY Progress Report!! READER BEWARE! It's HALLOWEEN! And who KNOWS what kind of CREEPY DELIGHTS might UNEARTH THEMSELVES in this PROGRESS REPORT!
Okay I don't actually have anything spooky to share except Karen and I dressed up as a red and silver bokoblin:
WHAT'S NEW ON PATREON?
- 2023-10-31 13:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Howdy y'all! As was the case with the Louie Zong collab, the Tom Cardy collab is split the same way—I get to post the main video to my YouTube channel, and the song proceeds go to him! 2023-10-16 07:05:01 +0000 UTC
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finally, after so many months, the Tom Cardy collab has arrived.
WATCH THE BLOOPERS HERE
password: fourteengerbils
This was so much fun to make. Tom is an amazing musician, and a very funny guy, and an all around delightful human being. Here's hoping we get to work on something again in the future.
2023-10-16 07:01:01 +0000 UTC
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This has been a surprisingly big month, even though I didn't manage to get a video out! So I get to simultaneously experience the two emotions of "excited about the big things that have happened" and "guilty for being unproductive"! My favorite combo of emotions.
WHAT'S NEW ON PATREON?
- Sept. Livestream Info & Poll for Oct.
- 2023-09-30 16:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Hey y'all! I'm going to be setting up the shoot for my next cooking video, and I'm very excited about it.
It'll be fun to show you how I have to clean/light/set up cameras in a part of my house in order to make it ready for a shoot. It's a weird process stream, but a VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROCESS! PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT! V V...
2023-09-25 02:31:10 +0000 UTC
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Hello hello! I posted a really weird video this month! I said I would in July's Progress Report and I did it! Hooray!
WHAT'S UP ON PATREON?
Got a good chunk...
2023-08-31 16:01:00 +0000 UTC
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iI's been a minute since I've had SO MANY AUDIO FILES to give you.
First off, it's the song! I think I managed to make it sound extremely karaoke-esque while still being catchy and enjoyable to listen to. The final piano part is Karen's playing—I wrote the music and then gave it to her to actually perform on a real piano so it would sound beautiful instead of stilted, which is how I would play it.
And then it's the sound effects. Since I wanted to make the video as uncanny as p...
2023-08-28 16:05:01 +0000 UTC
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I say this a lot, but this is probably my strangest video to date.
I'll also say that it's probably the most fun I've had making a video in a very long time. A lot of that is because—as you'll see in The Making Of—I spent a large portion of the proc...
2023-08-28 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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We're gonna write a shortie song that will be integral to August's video! That's right! There's an August video! So long as I finish this shortie song! And also edit it and ADR the whole thing because I've decided to make something silly and new again!
2023-08-17 18:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Heyoooooooo it's the end of July! I'm writing this in a Toyota maintenance waiting area. Let's talk about what I've been up to.
WHAT'S UP ON PATREON?
Here are the Patreon posts from this month:
- July Livestream Info!
- CRAFT STREAM...
2023-07-31 17:23:43 +0000 UTC
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Hello folks! Since there's no video for August, I figured I'd give you a little sneak preview from the collab video I'm making with Tom Cardy.
I've finished all the main edits and need to go back in for a subtitles pass, but it's in good enough shape that I feel comfortable showing you the intro sequence of the video. There's still another ~2.5 mins in this video, and it just gets wilder. I'm psyched for you to see all of it, but for now:
howdy! we're finishing the tom cardy collab!
excited to put some final polish on this baby.
2023-07-21 22:00:03 +0000 UTC
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